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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TopicJain monks

Topic: Jain monks

A mother’s unwavering love in the face of adversity & the many moods of Modi — 10 photos of 2023

ThePrint's photojournalists scan their archives to pull out 10 of their best captures this year. This is Praveen Jain's collection, and he also explains why he picked them.

Diamond heiress to plastic baron — the daily lives of Jain monks & nuns who gave it all up

Monastic life involves walking barefoot, eating a meal a day, & staying away from electricity & modern tech. Goal is to attain moksha from endless cycle of rebirth.

Surat’s diamond heiress is a 9-yr-old Jain nun who now walks ‘bubble-like sansaar’. Barefoot

Jain children in Surat are leaving academics, love for K-pop, stuffed toys behind. As monks and nuns, they're choosing white robes, shaved heads, and one meal a day.

On Camera

Farrhana Bhatt on Bigg Boss 19 reopened Kashmir’s representation wound

Farrhana Bhatt’s presence on Bigg Boss 19 can’t redefine Kashmir. But it can remind the Valley that Kashmiris deserve to be seen in their full human range—not squeezed into specific categories.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.